Singapore private club 1880 suddenly closes under layers of debt; founders accused of holidaying in the past month

[SINGAPORE] Private members’ club 1880 suddenly announced its permanent closure effective Tuesday (Jun 17), with its holding company 38 Degrees and operating company 1880 Pte Ltd placed into provisional liquidation. This follows the abrupt closure of its Hong Kong branch on May 30. It was also building a six-storey beachside hotel in Bali that never…

Insolvency plea filed against FirstCry subsidiary GlobalBees

Directors of direct-to-consumer (D2C) homecare company Kuber Industries have filed an insolvency plea against rollup ecommerce platform GlobalBees for unpaid dues worth Rs 65 crore. In a stock exchange filing, GlobalBees’ listed parent, FirstCry, said that Ashutosh Garg, Paritosh Garg and Manju Agarwal have petitioned the New Delhi bench of the National Company Law Tribunal…

NCLAT Dismisses Indian Bank’s Appeal to Initiate Insolvency Proceedings Against MBL Infra Director [Read Order]

The Principal Bench, National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT), New Delhi, has dismissed Indian Bank’s appeal challenging the NCLT’s rejection of its application filed under Section 95 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), seeking to initiate personal insolvency proceedings against Anjanee Kumar Lakhotia, former director of MBL Infrastructure Ltd. The appeal arose from an…

Byju’s RP’s suit claims directors owe compensation to company under IBC laws

An EY-backed resolution professional (RP) has filed lawsuits at the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) claiming former Byju’s directors owe compensation to the company for fraudulent transfers of the company’s assets, according to people familiar with the matter. The lawsuits invoke a provision under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code which provides legal recourse to reverse…